Chapter 477 The Unyielding Princess
After hearing these stern words, everyone followed the sound and the one who made the sound was Lei Xiao who had not spoken before.
Lei Xiao, who was wearing an illusion cloak, was seen leaning against the cave wall, looking coldly at the middle-aged short woman who made the rude remarks.
At this moment, Lei Xiao clearly understood.
Outside the cave, there are Huzhang, Nanxing, Nanyue and others who are fighting the surrounding Holy Night Army soldiers with all their strength.
Any more delay here will increase the danger for the subordinates.
This is undoubtedly something that I, as a lord, cannot tolerate.
"Who are you?"
Feeling the biting chill on Lei Xiao's body, the pride on the middle-aged short woman's face disappeared in an instant, and she blurted out slightly nervously.
"This is...the helper I invited."
Seeing Lei Xiao take the initiative to help her out, Ariel was grateful and explained hesitantly.
Because when setting off, Lei Xiao had already reminded him that his identity as the lord of the alien world and the lord of Kongqing City must not be revealed during this operation.
In addition, except for Ariel and the two kingdom generals, everyone in the group is wearing illusion cloaks. This will undoubtedly keep the identity of Lei Xiao and others mysterious to the maximum extent and avoid unnecessary complications.
"Help?"
The nervous face of the short woman suddenly relaxed a little. She rolled her eyes and hummed: "So what?"
"This means that as the fifth princess of Leng Yan, she is willing to argue with you here, but I will not coddle you at all."
I saw Lei Xiao slowly approaching the middle-aged woman and saying with a stern look: "If you continue to talk here and confuse people, I don't mind letting you shut up forever."
After that, Lei Xiao, who had already walked up to the short middle-aged woman, glanced at the corpse of the Holy Night soldier not far away, then looked directly into her eyes and said, "I hope you can understand this."
Looking at Lei Xiao's expressionless face, the short middle-aged woman, like a deflated rubber ball, immediately lowered her head and stopped talking.
Seeing this scene, Ariel breathed a sigh of relief, her starry eyes flickered, and she once again cast a grateful look at Lei Xiao.
Lei Xiao's dark eyes moved and glanced at the other residents, and he said loudly: "Everyone, my men are fighting bloody battles for you outside the cave at the moment, and the reason why we are willing to do this is because of your princess. Because of unremitting efforts.”
"Big Brother is right. It was Her Royal Highness the Princess and Big Brother's men who saved the two of us when we were on the cliff!"
The sallow-looking young man nodded quickly, stood on tiptoe and said to the residents: "Please don't embarrass Her Royal Highness anymore. Think about it, even the royal family is a family. Within a family, Among them, there are always family heads who are adults, and children like us who need to be obedient.”
"That's right! Even if the adults in this family make mistakes, they can't put all the responsibility on the children, right? This is unfair and unreasonable!"
The girl with a dirty face also added: "What's more, this child is currently risking his life and wants to do something within his power!"
Looking at the clear eyes of the young girl, the residents couldn't help but bowed their heads to Ariel again while sighing. Even the short middle-aged woman had a look of emotion on her face and did not continue. speech.
"Get ready to go."
Seeing that the scene was completely stable, Lei Xiao nodded to Ariel.
Ariel responded and smiled again: "Everyone, please follow me and pay attention to the gravel under your feet."
At this point, everyone, led by Lei Xiao and Ariel, began to walk out of the cave in an orderly manner.
Just when he was about to walk out of this hidden cave, Lei Xiao told the tiger sticks and other main subordinates scattered around by chanting words to start moving closer to the entrance of the cave.
"For your information, Lord Lord, my subordinates have found a relatively flat road that is closest to the area controlled by the Lengyan Army!"
Nan Xing's crisp and sassy voice soon came through his words.
"Well done, return to the team first and then lead the way."
Lei Xiao nodded with satisfaction and informed Ariel of the situation.
Not long after, after all the subordinates returned to their places.
Under Lei Xiao's command and arrangement, the subordinates were scattered around, with the old, weak, women and children in the center, and immediately began to move towards the area controlled by Leng Yan.
The best way to ensure safety for these war-torn residents is naturally to send them to the rear of the mountain fortress.
However, because these old, weak, women and children are in a state of not having enough to eat, and their bodies are weak.
Even though Lei Xiao has taken out a large amount of food reserves and distributed them, the movement speed is still very slow.
Fortunately, the subordinates were agile and could sometimes appear and sometimes disappear around the team to confuse and ambush the searching small groups of Holy Night Army soldiers. In addition, Nan Yue, who was good at concealing her whereabouts, covered up the traces in the rear, which was a bit surprising for a while. No risk.
"This scene seems a bit familiar."
Lei Xiao, who was at the front of the team, looked back at the long queue of residents behind him and couldn't help but smile.
"I'm from another world, thank you. You really helped me a lot this time."
Ariel hesitated for a moment with her eyelashes flickering, and then she embarrassedly whispered to Lei Xiao: "Thank you very much."
At this time, it can be clearly seen.
Ariel's delicate face was filled with gratitude from the bottom of her heart, and even her eyes lost a touch of arrogance. It was obviously much better than the previous state where she was very resistant to Lei Xiao.
"It's just a little effort, no need to be polite."
Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows and said calmly: "But I still need to remind you that even if you rescue all these residents, you still can't really change anything. This is an indisputable fact."
"You're right, but that's all I can do."
Ariel lowered her eyebrows and sighed softly: "As I said, it's much better than doing nothing."
After speaking, the strong feeling of powerlessness just now flooded into Ariel's heart again.
Ariel clearly understood that what she saw was just the tip of the iceberg of this sunken land.
If I had stronger strength, I might be able to do more.
But she, Princess Leng Yan, already had nothing.
From the moment he was assassinated many times and was forced to leave his father's side and the royal capital, the greenhouse he grew up with was completely shattered, and then he ushered in endless nightmares.
This world of the weak and the strong is far more cruel than I imagined.
Even so, I still have dreams.
He longs for the power to turn things around, and longs to restore the peace and tranquility of the past to this country he loves so much, which has begun to rot and decay.
Longing for the windmill burned by the enemy to turn again, longing for the displaced children to smile again.
However, reality often runs counter to dreams.
"No matter what, I will never give up on my dream!"
Ariel clenched her fists again, her expression unwavering.
While Ariel's heart was stirring, all of this was naturally seen by Lei Xiao.
The unyielding quality and persistence displayed by Princess Leng Yan obviously exceeded her own imagination.
"Now I feel more and more that my choice is the right one."
Lei Xiao muttered this to himself in his heart, his eyes bright.
Judging from the current situation, I am one step closer to successfully conquering the opponent.
"Lord, we are about to approach the Lengyan Army's control area."
Nan Xing, who was leading the way at the front, heard a rustling voice again in Lei Xiao's ears: "My subordinates have discovered several scout teams of the Cold Flame Army in the dense forest ahead."
"Don't let your guard down and continue to pay attention to the investigation."
Lei Xiao nodded, and said to all his subordinates through words: "After a while, we will completely get rid of the Holy Night Army, and then act according to the plan I made before."
Lei Xiao clearly understood that since his group was going to the mountain fortress, they naturally had to make relevant preparations, or in other words, precautions, before entering.
Although Lei Xiao already knew it through previous intelligence.
The commander sitting in the mountain fortress is one of the eight royal generals. Bai Lao, the fortress general who is still loyal to the old king, is almost impossible to attack Ariel.
But in the final analysis, I have never interacted with the other party, and I don't know the specific situation in the fortress, so I should be more cautious.
First of all, except for Ariel, Lei Xiaoming only had Ye Cang and Chao Yan with him.
Polygonum cuspidatum, Hongye, Nanxing and Nanyue, wearing invisible cloaks, lurk in the dark to follow in case something unexpected happens.
It is worth mentioning that since Lei Xiao had previously ordered Hong Ye to keep a low profile, even Ariel herself did not know that there was another fifth-level powerhouse hidden in the team.
This can undoubtedly be used as Wang Zha's trump card.
As for Lin, Bai Wei, A Ling and A Bing, they are on standby around the fortress in case of emergency.
"Having said that, there are two main reasons why I chose to enter the mountain fortress directly."
I saw Lei Xiao walking in the forest, using his sword to push away the weeds that were half the height in front of him, while he muttered: "The first thing is to meet the fortress commander Bai Lao. It is best to have a certain intersection, in order to prepare for the next meeting." Make preparations for what comes next.”
"According to intelligence, the 30,000 Lengyan Army here is divided into two parts."
"Among them, 20,000 are composed of garrison troops recruited from various places, while the other 10,000 are the troops directly under Bai Lao, which is the fortress corps, one of the eight royal legions."
Lei Xiao looked at Ariel's slender figure and continued to think secretly in his heart.
"Since Bai Lao belongs to the old king, and Ariel is the old king's most beloved daughter, this means that after conquering Ariel, if I can take advantage of the situation to master this power, or turn it into Being an ally will undoubtedly greatly increase my strength.”
"Of course, the premise is that this mountain fortress is not captured by the Holy Night Army."
Thinking of this, Lei Xiao slowly took a deep breath.
Before that, I had asked Bert and Jubai.
At that time, why did they go directly to the border battlefield to seek shelter from Bai Lao? Instead, they came to the uncertain corner of Kongqing Town.
The answer is that there are three considerations.
First of all, Bai Lao in the border area is already in a stage where he has nothing to do, and may be attacked by his opponent's bright and dark sides at any time.
Secondly, if the Kingdom of Holy Night learns that Ariel, the fifth princess of Leng Yan, is in the mountain fortress, they may immediately be coveted by the other party.
After all, Ariel represents the Lengyan royal family. If she can be captured alive, it will undoubtedly greatly damage the morale of the Lengyan army.
Thirdly, Ariel took the opportunity to leave the royal capital in the name of being sent to Kongqing Town as an envoy. If she went straight to the border area, once she was accused of being a collaborator by those princes, she would be punished forever. There is no day to turn around.
"The second reason why I chose to enter the Mountain Fort Fortress is to take a close look at this large military fortress of the Cold Flame Army."
Lei Xiao nodded thoughtfully, his face calm.
"In the near future, with the expansion of my power, I will definitely face the same scale of fortress obstruction. If I can put myself in their shoes and take a turn, this will undoubtedly play a very important and constructive role in my future siege of cities and territories. Function.”
Just when Lei Xiao thought of this, Nan Xing's crisp voice came over again: "Lord Qi, a group of Cold Flame Army scouts have noticed our presence and are quickly moving closer here!"
"Here we come to welcome us."
Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows, smiled lightly and said: "It doesn't matter, just let them come over."
After speaking, Lei Xiao informed Ariel of the situation, and the latter nodded to Bert and said: "It's time to light up that one."
"As you command, Your Highness Princess."
Bert touched his chest and saluted, and then his mind moved, and a large triangular flag appeared in front of everyone.
The flag was a brilliant golden color with a conspicuous red shield-shaped coat of arms. In the middle of the coat of arms was a golden lion with its head held high.
This is the symbol of the Lengyan royal family that represents royal power.
Not long after, with the sound of "rustling" coming from the surrounding grass, a group of rangers wearing red-striped leather armor suddenly came into view.
"Who is in front of you, and why are they carrying the flag of my Leng Yan royal family?"
Looking at the royal flag dancing in the wind, the leader of the scout team asked cautiously with an arrow in his bow.
"I'm Bert, and the guy next to me is Orange."
Bert, who was holding the royal flag, took a step forward and responded calmly: "Don't you understand? Of course the fifth princess Ariel has arrived!"
"It's actually two kingdom generals and Princess Ariel?!"
The scouts were extremely surprised and quickly fell to their knees and lowered their heads.
The leader of the scout team was even more frightened and said: "I'm sorry, Your Highness, but it's a villain who has no eyesight, and he actually opened his bow and arrows against Her Highness!"
"No need to be polite, you are just doing your duty."
Ariel's delicate face reappeared with the arrogance and grace that a royal member should have. She smiled and said: "Please guide me to the mountain fortress as soon as possible. I want to see General Bai."
"But..."
The leader of the scout team had a troubled look on his face and began to hesitate. (End of chapter)